An Early Favorite

What was the most popular hymn sung in meetings between the years 1830-1838?

A)     All Creatures of our God and King

B)     Adam-ondi-Ahman

C)     The Spirit of God

D)     Amazing Grace

Yesterday’s answer:

 (A)     His money

The following as shared by Jacob Hamblin:

“I travelled westward about 100 miles to the Mississippi River, where I took passage on a steamer to Nauvoo. I landed in the night. In the morning, I asked a young man where the Prophet lived. He pointed out the way to the residence of Joseph Smith, Jr., and said, ‘If you are going to see the Prophet, do not take any money with you. If you do, he will get it.’

   “I asked the youth if he was a ‘Mormon.’ He replied that he was, and that his father was a High Priest. I thought it strange that he should talk as he did.

   “As I passed along one of the streets of the town, I saw a tall, noble-looking man talking with another. An impression came over me that he was the person I was looking for. Inquiring of a bystander, I learned that my impression was correct.

   “One of the company asked the Prophet for some money he had loaned him. He replied that he would try and get it during the day. I offered him the money, but he said: ‘Keep your money. I will not borrow until I try to get what is owing me. If you have just come in and wish to pay your tithing, you can pay it to Brother Hyrum; he sees to that.’

   “I soon learned to discriminate between the different kinds of people who had gathered to Nauvoo. Some were living the lives of Saints; others were full of deceit and were stumbling-blocks in the way of those who were striving to do right.”

James A. Little, Jacob Hamblin in Three Mormon Classics, Preston Nibley, comp. (Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1988), 207-208.